Wooders28 4723 Posted June 6, 2017 I've had 2 Ninja's for a while with the intention of getting a runner and one for the shelf. First job, wheels off. Not a good sign when the hex's just fall off đ Next job, get the old electrics out. Actually not too bad!?! Well,turned out the resistor in one was badly damaged and just collapsed. Unfortunately, 75mhz is illegal in the UK, it's for military use, (maybe not the people to mess with!) So this is destined for the bin. Not sure if anyone has seen this before, all the suspension mounts have been removed from wishbones and they'd used a spacer behind the shock eyelet!?! For what reason, I've no idea! The shock spring retainer has also had some butchering, ended up using these, as it did fit better! So, after stripping the shocks and replacing the oil (looked like engine oil, is that what mauri's shock oil looks like??) ,finding that the roughest looking of the 2, is actually the better one. I'm needing to order bearings, plastic bushes have had their day. Doesn't look too bad though Next, gearbox and modern elecs đ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
73robb 132 Posted June 6, 2017 The ninja is one of my favourite cars from BITD.  I never owned one at the time, but did manage to purchase one a couple of years ago that appears in pretty good shape, though I haven't stripped it down yet! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 6, 2017 Having now felt the quality of the plastic and the state of the hex's  (may have to try and make some?) I think I'll just be sticking with the silver can! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 11, 2017 Well the bearings arrived so a bit more done. Just a bit of play in the plastic bushes. Couldn't get the gear off the spines,a bit of creaking plastic, didn't want to break it and with an E ring holding the shaft, couldn't pull from the other side. So made a wee puller, which worked quite well. Think they needed changed!! Turned out the 4wd shaft was bent, but of tweek and it was fine. These defo needed changed New modern elecs in and the chassis looks empty! All done, 2S lipo and 2.4 gear. Only thing I want to do is change the colour of the motor wiring to black and red , and a black aerial. She ran really well for the couple of mins i ran it, needs the shocks, cambers and toe in setting up, (major toe out on full shock compression?), but really happy đ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert5000 928 Posted June 12, 2017 Great stuff! Or perhaps, curse you! as I ended up buying a couple of ninjas inspired by this thread. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Robert5000 said: Great stuff! Or perhaps, curse you! as I ended up buying a couple of ninjas inspired by this thread. Sorry! đđ Amazed you managed to find one for sale, never mind a couple!  1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert5000 928 Posted June 12, 2017 Yeah, well -they leave a lot to be desired to be honest. They're both missing the battery lids, and one of them might be a shogun or at least attempting to be. So there's quite a few bits and bobs that needs to be sourced, but from a distance they don't look half bad so for now I'm not going nearer than 5 metres. If they, or at least one of them, end up half as good as yours I'll be chuffed! @Wooders28 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Robert5000 said: Yeah, well -they leave a lot to be desired to be honest. They're both missing the battery lids, and one of them might be a shogun or at least attempting to be. So there's quite a few bits and bobs that needs to be sourced, but from a distance they don't look half bad so for now I'm not going nearer than 5 metres. If they, or at least one of them, end up half as good as yours I'll be chuffed! @Wooders28 Cheers! I don't think Marui did that many different chassis, I've a Coors thunderbird too, and I'm thinking most of the parts would swap over. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert5000 928 Posted June 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, Wooders28 said: Cheers! I don't think Marui did that many different chassis, I've a Coors thunderbird too, and I'm thinking most of the parts would swap over. Oh! That was a really good piece of information, as the guy I bought them from said he had a Coors thunderbird he'd part with if I wanted. I might take him up on that once I've made list of what I need and thrown it at ebay. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 12, 2017 I'll dig it out and have a check, but pics on Google, looks likely! Coors thunderbird Shotgun Colour is obviously a factor though.  1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert5000 928 Posted June 13, 2017 Thanks a bunch! @Wooders28 I need to drop that fellow a line to find out what his asking price is for the Coors thunderbird. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yalson 514 Posted May 31, 2018 Coors Thunderbird, Shogun and Ninja did indeed all share a basic chassis. I always liked the Ninja BitD. My best mate had one and it although it didn't have much on it that you could change, it always seemed pretty sorted off-road, although the lack of dialability meant it suffered on tarmac a little. It was also very well packaged, although bulky 80s electronics meant that it was sometimes a tight squeeze in that slimline chassis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 1, 2018 I've not driven it as hard as some of my others, (lack of parts availability!) but seems ok off road đ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted November 10, 2018 Bit of a speed run. Castle 3800kv motor Castle Sidewinder 3 esc  3s lipo   1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yalson 514 Posted November 12, 2018 Great looking car, the Ninja. Everything about it sits just so. Even the stock wheels and tyres look great. Except the holes for the rear shock towers. Never, ever cut square holes in Lexan car bodies. It does not end well. And I know that they tell you to do it that way, too, as my friend's pale blue example had the same square holes and he showed me the instruction manual when I asked him about it. Not surprised you had to mount the GPS unit on the roof, though, as there isn't much room in a Ninja at the best of times. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted November 13, 2018 17 hours ago, Yalson said: Exceptďťż the holes for the rear shock towers. Never, ever cut squareďťż holes in Lexan carďťż bodiesďťżďťżďťżďťżďťż.ďťżďťż Circles are much stronger, without the corner weak spots, but it came like that! đ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted March 19, 2019 The other wheels aren't the best, flat spots, or split and flat spotted!   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malakite 6 Posted May 31, 2019 Been offline for a while... love this thread :-)  I have a brand spankingly new Ninja Shelf Queen, and also 2 other Ninjas that are in perfect working order, BUT they do not have body shells - that is the problem. I don't have the cash to buy remoulds and spray even though I would like to!... This was my first ever RC and it was THE most unreliable car known to man... years later of course I find out from research that the plastic used for all the gears etc was made of a much softer compound than the Tamiya plastic, hence why they all used to break down a lot more... I guess that is why Marui slowly ceased to manufacture RC cars anymore :-(  1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 1, 2019 13 hours ago, Malakite said: THE most unreliable car known to man.. One of the reasons I've sold these now. I think its a waste to have cars sat on the shelf, so I run all mine, but couldn't really enjoy running them, as I was always worried about unavailable parts breaking! I think it's, team blue groove, that have a repo body & wing, and MCI have the decals, so at least they are available ,as and when funds permit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malakite 6 Posted June 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Wooders28 said: One of the reasons I've sold these now. I think its a waste to have cars sat on the shelf, so I run all mine, but couldn't really enjoy running them, as I was always worried about unavailable parts breaking! I think it's, team blue groove, that have a repo body & wing, and MCI have the decals, so at least they are available ,as and when funds permit. Team Blue Groove? Is that an online company, or someone on eBay lol? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wooders28 4723 Posted June 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Malakite said: Team Blue Groove? Is that an online company, or someone on eBay lol? Lol, on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/teambluegroove Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malakite 6 Posted June 1, 2019 10 hours ago, Wooders28 said: Lol, on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/teambluegroove hehe - thanks mate 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites